Definition of buccaneering in English:

adjective

Following the voyage by Vasco da Gama in 1497-9, round the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut and safely back to Lisbon, the Portuguese set about their entry into the spice trade with a buccaneering zest from which other nations quickly learned.

Maschler was the buccaneering young publisher who revitalised Jonathan Cape.

The following year he won it in buccaneering fashion, forcing Schumacher to attempt to drive him off the road in the final race.